To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Texas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Texas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 9/22/19 • Approved: 9/28/19 • Last Updated: 10/1/19 • R204355-G204354-S3
Gainesville resident Mary Gates, 89, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Pecan Tree Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Hastings, Nebraska September 5, 1926, the daughter of M.C. and Anna (Schwartzkopf) Alexander. Mary was a bank teller and worked at Gainesville National Bank for many years. She was a member of Eastern Star Chapter 1123 and was a Past Worthy Matron. Mrs. Gates was employed at Sanders Jewelry Store after retiring and was a volunteer at North Texas Medical Center for over 20 years. She was a member of the American Study Club, Circle Meeting and a member of the Sunday School Class of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her children and their spouses Allen and Sue Gates of Gainesville, Pamela and Douglas Taylor of Grand Island, Nebraska, Jeffrey and Gloria Gates of Grand Island, Nebraska, Jim and Vicky Gates of Gainesville, Shelley and Johnny Richey of Gainesville and Melissa and Larry Wuthrich of San Antonio; cousin, Janelle Windsor of Lincoln, Nebraska; 24 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Byron Russell Gates; parents Anna and M.C. Alexander; Mother and Father-in-law, Clifford and Charlotte Gates; brother and sister-in-law, Stanley and Phyllis Alexander and cousins, Harry and Velma Dressen.
Funeral Services ~ Thursday, January 28th at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Gainesville with Rev. John Hare officiating. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to North Texas Medical Center Volunteers Auxiliary 1900 Hospital Blvd Gainesville, Texas 76240.
Meador Funeral Home - Gainesville
1204 East California
Gainesville, TX 76240
Contributed on 9/22/19 by dshw
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 204355